Animé character inspires her to become a butler
“I’m trying to save $15,000 to go to school in The Netherlands to become a professional butler. It’s the International Butler Academy, and they train in a real castle. One of the field trips is to...
Category: Short Stories
‘If you don’t love kids, you shouldn’t be teaching’
“I’m a firm believer that if you don’t love kids, you shouldn’t be teaching. There are times when they’re going to test you. But if you work from that basis, you can kind of overlook all...
‘I finally decided I needed to take some time to live’
“My biggest challenge as a teacher and single parent is just trying to balance everything in life. My career is pretty demanding, what with the amount of time needed to do the job. But as I’ve...
She expresses herself through fire hula hooping
“I saw somebody fire hula hooping one time and I was like, I want to learn how to do that. I also spin fire poi. To me it’s like a form of expression, almost like a...
Young couple ‘have a stupid amount in common’
“The thing that crosses my mind more than anything else is, don’t screw it up. I’m excited about getting married and having a baby, but I worry. I’m trying to figure out what needs to be...
They’re friendly competitors on the golf course
“We play quite a bit of golf together. It’s the challenge that every time you go out there, you want to hit a better shot. Once you hit a good shot, you just keep going. You’ll...
Artistic talents seem to run in his family
“When I was in kindergarten I took art classes every Friday with my grandmother. In second grade I wrote an essay saying that I wanted to either become an artist or a professional soccer player. Now...
Summer job on barge not his cup of tea
“I was a barge captain one summer during the BP oil spill cleanup. I had to supervise people who were cleaning up the beach. “Guys in that industry were just very mean. They spent their money...
Photo helps keep his grandmother close
“When I lost my grandma a few years ago, I was pretty sad. I was pretty close to her. I have a picture of her that I keep with me now. It’s like she’s still there....
She got to present diplomas to her twin daughters
“I never really thought about serving on the school board but there was a vacancy and I decided, why not. I had no idea what I was getting into. “Something people don’t realize is how very...
